Britain's top 20 foodie hot spots

What are the odds against two of the four British restaurants to hold three
Michelin stars being within smelling distance of each other in a small town
in Berkshire? An ongoing rivalry has made this pretty Thames-side town a
place of gastronomic pilgrimage. On the one side, the Waterside Inn, the
classically inspired fiefdom of the Roux family. On the other, the Fat Duck,
presided over by that idiosyncratic genius Heston Blumenthal.

“Bray has always been popular with its picturesque narrow streets, but now
that it is arguably the culinary capital of the UK, it is attracting
international buyers as well as people moving from London,” says Edward Shaw
of Knight Frank’s country department.
Dish of the day: Cadena House, a grand riverside residence within walking
distance of the centre of Bray: £3.95million withKnight
Frank(01344 624737)